What We Loved This Week: The Icefields Parkway, ‘An Irreverent Curiosity’ and More
Travel Blog • World Hum • 11.25.09 | 12:23 PM ET
Mike Barish
I spent a morning staring in amazement at Boston.com’s gallery of National Geographic’s International Photography Contest submissions. From crashing waves to fighting hippopotamuses to a simple portrait of a child, the gallery reminded me that travel photos can tell stories in any number of ways.
Jim Benning
A pair of restless legs in San Diego: World Hum contributor David Farley read from his book An Irreverent Curiosity last night at a bookstore in La Jolla. His recounting of his search for the Holy Foreskin—including how he infiltrated the Vatican—had the crowd laughing and riveted.
Eva Holland
The Icefields Parkway, a highway that runs from Jasper to Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies. It runs less than 150 miles, but I spent most of a day driving it because I was pulling over so often for photos. Here’s a shot of Peyto Lake, near the south end of the parkway.
Photo by Eva HollandMichael Yessis
The cell phone waiting area at Dulles International Airport. Okay, I didn’t really love my time there, but I loved watching my 18-month-old son, who, while waiting to head to the terminal and greet his grandma and grandpa, found great entertainment in the FedEx trucks near the waiting area.